Cuff or collar button



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Patented Apr. 12, 1887A.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRIEDRICH A. BORK, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

CUFF 'ou COLLAR BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,044, dated April 12, 1887. 'Application'filed September 14, 1886. Serial No. 213,520. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH A. BoRK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Cuff and Collar Buttons, of which the following is a specitication.

My invention relates to cuff and collar buttons of that class known as hinged lever,77 wherein provisionis made for inserting and withdrawing the button from stifiiy-starched collars, and it has for its object the provision of an article which shall be cheap, durable, and efficient; and to these ends the invention consists in the construction, combination, and

arrangement of the several parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed 'out in the claims.

rlheinvention further consists in the provision of a cuff-button wherein the base-whioh, it willbe understood, is on the inside of the cuffs-may be unlocked andthe button drawn ont by merely pressing a spring on the outside of the shell just below the ornamental setting or cap.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. which form a part of this specification, and in whichn Figure V1 represents a side elevation of my improved cuff-button. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view with the top, cap, or setting removed; and Fig. iis a perspective view of the two levers detached from the shell. Fig. 5 is a section similar to Fig. 2, but with the parts shown in operative position. Fig. 6 is a section on a line at right angles to Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, A designates'my improved button, having a shell, a, consistingv of a plate having its edges turned up to form an annular flange or a side wall, a. The center of this shell is perforated, as at a', for the passing through and operation of a post or stem, B, which is provided on its end with projections or shoulders b, to prevent it from slipping entirely through the perforation a. This stem B is also provided at its inner end with a perforation, b', the object of which I will presently explain.

The shank of the button consists of plates d d', secured at one end tothe under side of the shell a on both sides of the perforation a', and

serving to protect the stem B, which extends between the same. The base of the button consists of two approximately semicrcularshaped sections, D D', each having a hinge, d2, at an intermediate point, by means of which it is attached to the plates d d', and a second hinge, cl3, at the inner ends of the sections, by means of which they are attached to the stem B. The mechanism contained in 'this shell c will now be described.

E E designate levers which are provided with caps or enlargements e e on the outside of the shell, at which point they project through the recesses f f', cut out of the annular fiange or side wall, a3, of the shell. Inside ofthe shell the lever E is bifurcated and provided at its end with hooked portions ee*, by means of which it is hooked into the perforation b in the stem B. The lever E is also provided with a hook, e3, by means of which it also is secured to the stem B between the bifurcated ,end ofthe lever E.

G designates a spring, preferably of segmental form in side View, and provided with a slot, g, this spring being disposed directly over the levers E E for the purpose of pressing them downwardly, thus holding the sections D D in a horizontal plane and parallel with the lshell a, as is their normal position.

F designates an ornamental setting or cap for the button, consisting of any suitable stone or metallic substance, and preferably attached to the shell by means of clips f, which are inserted in perforationsfif* in the base of the shell c, and are clamped by being separated and bent apart.

The operation of my improved cuff-button I will now describe. When it is desired to insert the button into a button-hole, the outer ends of the levers E E are pressed from the outside inwardly, forcing their inner ends up, which elevates the stem B and causes the hinged plates D D to collapse or fold against themselves in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. l. The plates in this position are then inserted in the button-hole, when as soon as pressure is released the spring G returns the sections to their normal position, as seen in full lines in Fig. l. W'hen it is desired to remove the button, the operation may be completed by simply pressing the lever in, when the button may be easily and readily IOO drawn ont. The slot in the spring G allows the levers E E' to Work upward therethrough.

That I claim is* 1. In a button, the combination, with the shell and the levers E E', of the post or stem B, connected to the levers, and the hinged sections D D', connected to the steni B, as set forth.

2. In a button, the combination, with the shell and the levers EE', having their operating ends projecting through the shell, ofthe stem B, connected to the levers, the hinged sectional base connected to the stem, and the spring for returning the parts to their normal positions, as set forth.

3. In a button, the combination, with the shell, of the vertically-movable stem or post B, the levers E E', hooked to the stern or post so as to be hinged thereto, and having their outer ends projecting beyond the shell, the hinged sectional base connected to the stem or post7 and a spring for returning the parts to their normal positions, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRIEDRICH A. BORK.

Vitnesses:

HENRY F. IMMEL, RUDOLPH. Wmru. 

